Uninvited pathogens contaminate table-side tablet menusMany risks of pathogens penetrating restaurant space can be stopped at the door with a touch-free “handwash” without water – an application of a quality hand sanitizer. The hands of entering diners are converted from fearsome to friendly, TouchReady®. There are likely many more pathogens arriving to the dining space […]
The Handwashing Factor In Avoiding Chipotle-like Brand Damage
In a recent QSR® article, Lisa van Kesteren, SeeLevel HX Founder/CEO, unintentionally gave the industry a perfect four-point outline for protecting restaurant brands with verified-handwashing technology. The CDC reminds us that “Handwashing is the single-most-important means of preventing the spread of infection” yet compliance is not measured in today’s restaurant world. This low-cost brand protection […]
Simple Flu Avoidance Technique
Raise hand sanitizer effectiveness when away from home SaniTwice™ is a simple hand-cleansing process to be taught to all children, pregnant women and other immune-compromised people for their lives away from home – without ready access to running water. SaniTwice potentiates their hand sanitizer to be “…equivalent or superior to handwashing with soap and water…” […]
Food Code Is Again Challenged By Science
Bureaucracy Buries Additions to Public Health A handwashing-without-water protocol has perplexed the FDA and its Conference for Food Protection (CFP) for 12 years, unable to resolve it at six successive biennial sessions. This recurring issue, Hand Cleanse-Sanitize Protocol Not Requiring Running Water (SaniTwice) was presented one more time at the 2018 CFP in Richmond Virginia, […]
Impress Guests with Staff’s Restroom Handwashing
Crushed Red restaurants have identified a new customer relations builder in their handwash monitoring program. The public is quite surprised and impressed when a staff member steps to the restroom hand sink and speaks their name into a voice-recognized handwash system. Their handwash is recorded, assuring this cleanliness policy is met throughout the day. “Wow. […]
Handwash Compliance: The “Ugly Baby”
Foodservice Foodservice operators in most cases are rightfully proud of their customer care. After all, they likely see their operation as a finely tuned network of policies and procedures focused on their customers. It is a human behavior to love what we create. This fosters further operational enthusiasm but can dangerously conceal important realities and […]
Handwashing: “Can’t Measure? Can’t Fix!”
Dr. Landon’s Prescription On Handwashing Dr. Emily Landon, pioneer in handwash monitoring, is the Executive Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention at the 633 bed University of Chicago Medical Center. She is Board Certified with a specialty in Infectious Disease and has a passion for saving lives through enhanced hand hygiene. Emily’s original work […]
Handwashing for Life Olympics: Battle at Waterloo
Pathogens met their Waterloo as more than 400 culinary professionals staged a two-day pursuit of the latest advances in nutrition and food safety. The annual campaign is sponsored by Martin Brothers, a regional distributor focused on the culinary needs of hospitals and nursing homes. The location was the Waterloo Convention Center, celebrating the famous five […]
Handwashing: Frequency vs. Quality
Collaborative Handwashing Assessment Sixty-two healthcare culinary professionals volunteered to share their opinion of handwashing at their establishment, a kitchen in either a hospital or nursing home in the Midwest. The objective of the qualitative research was to highlight the two primary dimensions of handwashing, the quality of the outcome and the handwash frequency. Each requires a very […]
Thanksgiving’s Top 10 Tips For Healthy Hands & Wellness
Thanksgiving, the eater’s favorite holiday. Ours always starts on Wednesday with a little pre-prep and gathering last minute supplies. As joyous the occasion, it’s also a special feast day for bacteria and virus, particularly for salmonella and norovirus – the poster children for holiday pain. Staying well can make the difference between a memory of […]
